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The Copper Pot 

A Play in Two Scenes 



By 
FRANCES HEALEY 



NOTE 

The acting rights of this play are strictly reserved. Perform- 
ance may be given by amateurs on payment of a royalty of 
five dollars ($5.00). Correspondence on this subject should be 
addressed to Waltkr H. Baker & Co., 5 Hamilton Place, 
Boston, Mass. The professional stage rights are also strictly 
reserved, and performance by professional actors, given in ad- 
vertised places of amusement and for profit, is forbidden. 
Persons who may wish to produce this play publicly and pro- 
fessionally should apply to the author in care of the publishers* 



BOSTON 

WALTER H. BAKER & CO. 
1919 



The Copper Pot 






PERSONS 



Two Travellers. 

Amin, the judge. 

Salameh, the coffee-house keeper* 

Two Strangers. 

Abdallah, the generous. 

Fat' ma, leader of the dancers. 

Hedba, chief dancer. 

Rasid, the avaricious. 

Habsah 1 

Nur \ village women. 

Jamaleh J ; 

Villagers and Dancing-girls, 




Copyright, 1919, by Frances Healey 

As author and proprietor 

All stage and moving picture rights reserved 
©CLO 52708 

SEP 30 1919 



COSTUMES AND CHARACTERISTICS 

The scene shows the street and sidewalk of an Arab 
village. The sidewalk and as much of the street as is con- 
venient is customarily used for tethered donkeys and 
sleeping camels and dogs, and for the stools of the cafe. 
People walk in the street. 

The houses, which extend along the back in an un- 
broken block, are one story, windowless and of baked mud 
or stone. The doors of the houses and cafe are of wood, 
with heavy iron hinges and bolts. The cafe doors are 
double, and the house doors about as high as a man (if 
the lintel of a door makes one stoop, an enemy is at a dis- 
advantage when he tries to enter). 

The interior of the cafe is dark, lightened by gleams of 
copper or brass, a charcoal brazier, or a shaft of light on 
a gorgeous rug. The stools are rough, four-legged af- 
fairs, about a foot high ; the benches a little higher, some- 
times with a rug thrown over them. 

Although the scene is at twilight or early dawn, it is 
well to emphasize the contrast of the dark coolness of in- 
teriors and the intense blackness of shadows, with the 
stark, bleached and sunbaked walls and street. The 
contrast between glaring light and heavy shadow is very 
characteristic. 

The men wear a long white shirt to below the knees, 
belted, and with the heavy plain or striped abbaya (outer 
cloak). On their heads they wear the square keffiyeh of 
white cotton or dark silk, folded diagonally and held in 
place by a heavy double rope around the head. Salameh 
may wear full trousers, a short jacket and a gay turban, 
closely wrapped, instead. Amin should wear a close, im- 
maculate white turban, and should have a long white 
beard. 



4 COSTUMES AND CHARACTERISTICS 

Bedouin women dress in dark blue, trailing chemises, 
with long, wide and pointed sleeves, and with long bluish 
and purplish veils bound around their heads : many silver 
chains, rings, anklets, coins, bracelets and earrings. 

If the colors as a whole seem too sombre, the dancing 
women can wear any clear strong colors, crimson, or- 
ange, purple, white, with touches of brilliant green (no 
large amount of green, which is the sacred color of the 
Prophet), cerise, black, scarlet, etc. For combinations, 
study an Oriental rug, but keep the colors fairly crude 
and strong, with no delicate shades. The men may also 
wear black and yellow and red-striped shirts, with dag- 
gers and pistols, and long and ancient guns as well as 
modern rifles. 

The whole play may be costumed in Turkish clothes, 
full trousers, short jacket (European or otherwise), and 
the red fez. Amin should in any case wear a close white 
turban. 



PLEASE NOTICE 

The acting rights in this play are strictly reserved by the 
author. Applications for its use should be addressed to the 
author in care of Walter H. Baker & Co., 5 Hamilton Place, 
Boston, Mass. 



Attention is called to the penalties provided by the Copyright 
Law of the United States of America in force July 1, 1909, for 
any infringement of her rights, as follows : 

Sec. 28. That any person who wilfully and for profit shall infringe any 
Copyright secured by this Act, or who shall knowingly and wilfully aid 
or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not ex- 
ceeding one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, or both, 
at the discretion of the court. 

Sac. 39. That any person who, with fraudulent intent, shall insert or 
impress any notice of Copyright required by this Act, or words of the 
same purport, in or upon any uncopyrighted article, or with fraudulent in- 
tent shall remove or alter the copyright notice upon any article duly copy- 
righted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less 
than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars. 



NOTE 

Amin is pronounced Ameen. The accent in Salameh and 
in Abdallah (The Slave of God) falls on the second syllable 
The same in Jamaleh. The last syllable in the name Rasid 
is accented. Fat'ma is pronounced Fathma, the h scarcely 
sounded. Hedba and Habsah are accented on the first syllable, 
and the u in Nur is pronounced like the double o in 
"poor." "Marloom" means "certainly"; " semneh " (the 
eh slurred over very lightly, is clarified butter). « Eiwa," 
that is, "by Allah," is the equivalent of our "Yes." 



The Copper Pot 



SCENE I 



The scene represents a village street east of the Bahr Lut. 
At r. a door opens into Abdallah's courtyard; adjoin- 
ing it, and occupying most of the stage, is Salameh's 
coffee-house. The low stools are set in the street itself, 
and through the wide-open doors one sees the dark in- 
terior, with low, rug-covered benches at the sides, a 
large charcoal brazier, copper coffee-pots, etc. At the 
extreme l. is Rasid's doorway, which, if more desir- 
able, need not be shown on the stage at all. 

(When the curtain rises, several men are discovered 
in the coffee-house smoking and drinking coffee. 
Salameh and Amin, the Judge, in front. Two 
travellers enter.) 

First Traveller. This is the house. 

(Knocks at Abdallah's.) 
Second Traveller. They say he makes all welcome. 

(The door opens.) 

First Trav. Abdallah? 

Abdallah. Come in, come in ! Nay, but ye are wel- 
come ! 

(He draws them in in friendly fashion, the gate closing 
behind them.) 

Amin. So Abdallah has guests to-night ! 

Salameh. Wallachi ! Always he has guests ! One or 

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8 THE COPPER POT 

two every night. All travellers know him for a generous 
man ! 

Am in. He is generous. He has a good name in the 
city. 

Salameh. In the city and in the desert. He is an 
honest man. 

(Two strangers conic in and sit dozvn. A servant goes 
to them and takes their orders. ) 

Am in. Yet he is not rich ! 

Salameh. He spends all on his guests. 

Amin. It is better to be hospitable than to be rich. 

Salameh. It is better. Some do not think so. (Ab- 
dallah's door opens. He steps into the street and conies 
to the coffee-house. ) Welcome ! 

Abdallah. Allah is good ! Five guests have honored 
me to-night ! 

Salameh. Five! 

Abdallah. Allah is great ! Would that he might send 
me a larger pot in which to cook their dinner! Are not 
these strangers ? 

Salameh. They have just come in. 

Abdallah (goes to newcomers and salaams). Peace 
to ye! 

Strangers. On thee be peace ! 

Abdallah. Ye are strangers here? 

Strangers. We are strangers. We have come from 
Ma'an. 

Abdallah. Nay, but ye are no longer strangers ! Ye 
are my guests ! 

(They protest.) 

Salameh (to Amin). If Abdallah's pot was too small 
for five, how shall it hold food for seven ? 

Abdallah (to strangers). By the Prophet, ye shall 
come ! 

Amin. Allah, who sends the guests, should also send 
the pot to cook their food. 

Abdallah (hurries to Salameh). Thy mercy is as 
the mercy of Allah! Canst thou not lend me a pot? 
Alas, mine is too small — it is but a little pot ! 



THE COPPER POT g 

Salameh. My largest is as thine. I have a new one, 
but it is very small. 

Abdallah. Woe is me! For unless I can borrow I 
am disgraced ! 

Salameh. Allah send thee comfort ! 

Abdallah. May Allah grant thee his peace ! 

[Exit with two strangers into his house. 

Salameh. There is but one man in the city with a 
pot larger than Abdallah's ! 

Amin. Then is his honor saved ! Who would not lend 
to save a friend's good name? (Salameh shakes his 
head.) A copper pot is but a copper pot ! A man would 
lend more than a copper pot to his neighbor ! 

Salameh. Not Rasid ! 

Amin. Rasid is not generous! 

Salameh. Rasid is rich rather than generous. 
(Sounds of flute and drum. Salameh turns to look.) 
It is Fat'ma and her dancers. They'll have small gain 
from you or me ! 

Enter Fat'ma and the dancers. 

Fat'ma. Shall we dance for you to-night, O Sal- 
ameh ? 

Salameh. Who would pay ye? I am a poor man. 
(They laugh.) The Judge is old (Amin bristles), and, 
beside us, I expect only Rasid. 

Fat'ma. Rasid ! 

(The dancers laugh.) 

Hedba. Rasid is not poor, neither is he old, but 
Allah preserve me from dancing again for copper coins ! 

Amin (holding up a gold-piece). Wilt thou dance for 
gold, little one? 

Fat'ma. For gold— and for Amin ! 

(Musk. Hedba dances. Amin gives her the money.) 

Salameh. Listen, Fat'ma ! I am a poor man, but I 
will give you more than one piece of gold. Abdallah has 
many guests to-night. Go, dance for him ! 

Amin. Since Abdallah has no pot for his dinner, it 



10 THE COPPER POT 

may be ye can make his guests forget their hunger and so 
save his honor ! 

Fat'ma. Allah reward thee ! 

(The dancers cross to Abdallah's door and knock.) 

Salameh (to Amin). Dancing is good after meat, 
but instead of food? La! 

Amin. Then must Rasid lend his pot to Abdallah ! 

Salameh. Rasid is shrewd. If he lent to his own 
father he would drive a hard bargain ! 

(Abdallah's gate opens.) 

Fat'ma. Shall we dance for the guests to-night, O 
Abdallah? 

Abdallah. Marloom! Come in, come in! (To 
Salameh and Amin.) Praise Allah! He has sent me 
guests, and now he has sent me dancers for entertain- 
ment. 

Salameh. Aye, O Abdallah! But thy dinner? 

Abdallah. True, I have no pot. But who knoweth 
the heart of Allah ? It may be he will send me one. 

[Exit. 

Amin. Allah gives wisdom to the good. Abdallah is 
not a fool ! 

(Music, drums and the sound of singing from Abdal- 
lah's house; applause and laughter and the merry 
voices of the f casters.) 

Salameh. Allah's wisdom is not as man's wisdom 
and Rasid is very rich. Every night from this side come 
sounds, of feasting and merriment; music, and the rich 
smell of semneh and the roasting lamb. Every morning 
strangers leave the house and go forth into the desert, to 
other towns and into the low, black tents ; and everywhere 
men speak well of our village because of Abdallah's hos- 
pitality. Here, Rasid lives. He is rich, but he makes no 
feasts. His flocks are like snow on the hillsides, the sound 
of their bleating at twilight is as the sound of a thousand 
silver bells. He sells wool and wheat. He trades in large 
cities. O Judge, what do men say of Rasid? 

Amin. Yes, Rasid's is the wisdom of men ! 



THfi COPPER POT II 

Salameh. Every evening he conies here. He picks 
up gossip, a word here, a word there.. And he buys one 
cup of bitter coffee ! 

Amin. Yet, he may lend his great copper pot to Ab- 
dallah ! 

(Abdallah's gate opens and he hurries into the above.) 
Abdallah. Has not Rasid a huge copper pot? 
Salameii. One large enough to cook a whole lamb. 

But he never lends ! 

Abdallah. He must lend to me. See, his gate is 

opening ! 

(Rasid enter s. He comes in slozvly, searching the cof- 
fee-house with his eyes. ) 

Salameh. Peace to thee, O Rasid! 
Rasid. And to ye, peace! {To servant.) Bitter 
coffee ! 

(Rasid seats himself. Salameii claps his hands, and 
as the servant comes, cries:) 

Salameh. Bring fresh pipes ! 
Abdallah. Nay, I have guests! 

{Pipes and coffee are brought. Abdallah stands, but 
the others are seated.) 

Rasid. Guests, and always guests, Abdallah ! By the 
Prophet, it is well that thou art a rich man ! 

Abdallah. Would to Allah I were rich enough to buy 
a huge copper pot ! 

Rasid {scenting a bargain). A copper pot is not dear 
to one so rich as Abdallah ! 

Abdallah. A copper pot as large as I would buy is 
not cheap. Moreover it is late and the shops are closed. 

Rasid. Thou wouldst buy a copper pot to-night? 

Abdallah. Alas, I am but a poor man. I need a 
copper pot, but where shall I find one to buy, and where 
should I find the gold to pay ? 

Rasid {slowly). There is a pot, a huge pot, in my 
house. It is very large— the Djinn might cook a man in 
such a pot 



12 THE COPPER POT 

Abdallah. Now praised be Allah! It is better to 
have friends than to be rich! It is better to borrow a 
copper pot from a neighbor than to meet shame before 
one's guests ! 

Rasid (a little taken aback). I might sell 

Abdallah. If thou wilt lend, why should I buy? 

Amin. True, it would be a neighborly act, O Rasid! 

Salameh. Indeed, Rasid is a generous neighbor. 

Rasid (rises to go, feeling himself baited). Will fair 
words bring a stone from the bottom of the Dead Sea? 
Then will they make me lend my great copper pot ! 

Amin. To a neighbor, — to a friend ! 

Abdallah. Thy mercy is as the mercy of Allah! 
Lend it to me to-night, and I swear I will bring it back to 
thee at dawn ! 

Rasid. I never borrow, neither do I lend ! 

Amin. It is evil indeed to deny a neighbor, and he that 
is far from evil can sing! 

Abdallah. I swear I will bring it back at dawn! 
Nay, if I return it not, I swear to divorce all my wives ! 

Rasid. By Allah, I will not lend my copper pot ! 

Abdallah. For the honor of thy father's beard ! 

Rasid. I will not lend ! 

(Turns to go.) 

Amin. O Rasid! Knowest thou not that he who 
lends to a neighbor in distress giveth alms to Allah? 
And shall Allah stand in a man's debt ? 

Fat'ma (slips in and runs up. to Rasid). Thou owest 
me two gold pieces for the dancing in Abara two months 
ago! 

Rasid. Gold? Gold for dancing? Ah! 

Fat'ma. Shame! To break thine oath and to pay 
golden-footed Hedba with copper coins ! 

Amin. In truth, Rasid, men of honor pay dancers in 
gold ; also a man of wealth should lend to his neighbor ! 

Abdallah. Lend me thy copper pot ! 

Rasid. It is huge,— it is heavy, — it is 

Abdallah. It is such a pot as I desire ! 

Amin. For a friend's good name, O Rasid ! 

Fat'ma. Pay me what thou owest ! 



THE COPPER POT 1 3 



[• We are witnesses ! 



Rasid (trying to ignore Fat'ma). Come, then, but 
thou hast sworn to return the pot at dawn. Ye are wit- 
nesses ! 

Salameh. 

Amin. 

[Exeunt Rasid and Abdallah. 

Fat'ma. I also am a witness, O Rasid ! [Exit. 

Salameh. I have heard of miracles. Praise Allah, I 
have now seen one ! 

Amin. Aye, Rasid lent, it is true. Indeed, he could 
not do otherwise. There be greater miracle/, than these, 
O Salameh ! 

Abdallaii (off). Thy mercy is as Allah's mercy, and 
who can measure his by line or rule? 

Rasid (off). At dawn! 

Abdallaii. At dawn I swear to bring back thy copper 
pot! Farewell! (Enters, carrying pot.) It is a copper 
pot after my own heart!- It is huge, a very mother of all 
pots! 

(Exit into own house. The stage darkens. Sounds of 
singing, drums and twanging strings from Abdal- 
lah's house. The other men in the coffee-house all 
go off one or two at a time.) 

Salameh. Abdallah has borrowed the pot — we be 
witnesses. Yea, and Rasid is cruel to his debtors. He 
would exact a huge payment if anything were lost or 
stolen. What thinkest thou, will Abdallah return the pot 
at dawn ? 

Amin. Marloom, he will return it. Abdallah is an 
honest man! 

Salameh. Aye, he is honest, but he is also very 
clever. I am a poor man. The friendship of my friends 
is as gold to me ! 

Amin. Abdallah's friendship is better than gold. 
Rasid's is as clay. Have no fear, Salameh. Abdallah 
will keep his oath. 

Salameh. I do not fear. Moreover, though I am a 
poor man and friendship is as gold to me, yet I myself 
would give a copper pot to see Abdallah outwit Rasid. 



14 T ME COPPZk POf 

(The sounds of revelry have died away.) 
Amin. It is late, and shadows walk instead of men. 
Thou wilt stay ? 

Salameh. Yes, I often sleep here on a bench; and to- 
morrow I would be here at dawn. 

Amin. Farewell. [Exit. 

(Salameh closes the shutters of his shop and goes in, 
closing the doors behind him. When all is quiet, Ab- 
dallah's gate opens and he peers out. Then he slips 
furtively up to Salameh's door and knocks, softly at 
first, then louder.) 

Salameh (within). Who knocks? 

Abdallah. It is I, thy neighbor ! Open to me for the 
mercy of Allah! (The door opens and Abdallah goes 
in. Candle-light flickers uncertainly through the chinks 
of the shutters. Abdallah, off; delightedly.) It is of the 
very shape, and' quite new ! 

Salameh (off). I bought it of Abu Meen, the copper- 
smith, this morning. Take it, take it for nothing. What 
are forty piastres between thee and me ? 

Abdallah (off). Nay, but I will pay! I desire it to 
be a secret purchase between thee and me, therefore I 
will give thee what thou wilt. 

Salameh (off). Gold is the Sultan's mute. Thou 
shalt have it for the price I paid. Lo, it is thine ! 

Enter Abdallah with a small copper pot in his hand. 

Abdallah (turning back). May Allah reward thee! 
May he increase thy goods ! 

Salameh (off). And thine! Farewell. (Abdallah 
slips out, hiding the pot under his cloak, and goes into 
his own house. Both doors are shut. After a short pause 
the muezzin sounds in the distance and the sky glows with 
the dawn. The muezzin continues. Salameh opens his 
doors and shutters and goes in to his prayers. Abdal- 
lah's gate opens and he sets outside Rasid's pot. Then 
he comes out in the growing light, carrying rather ten- 
derly the small new pot. With the two in his hands he 
crosses the stage. As he passes Salameh's open door, 
Salameh rises.) May thy day be happy! . 



THE COPPER POT 1 5 

Abdallaii. May thine be blessed. 

Salameh. Thou art an honest man, O Abdallnh ! 

Abdallaii. I keep my oath which thou hast wit- 
nessed. Lo, day breaks. 

Salameh. But the little pot ! 

Abdallah. A miracle, O Salameh ! A miracle ! 
(Rasid' s gate opens and he peers out. Seeing Abdallah 
at Salameh's, he comes out and meets him there.) May 
thy day be happy ! 

Rasid. And blessed ! It is already after daybreak ! 

Abdallah. True, O neighbor ! I was delayed. Here 
is thy own, according to my oath. (He sets the two pots 
on the ground at Rasid' s feet.) Salameh is witness, I 
have kept my word. 

Salameh. Eiwa, but 

Rasid. The large and handsome one is mine. What 
is the small pot? I am an honest man and want but my 
own ! 

Abdallah. I, too, am an honest man O, Rasid. Last 
night a great wonder chanced. I cooked my dinner in 
thy pot, I washed it and set it in the courtyard. When I 
went out this morning, lo, there lay the little pot beside it, 
this little pot which it had borne in the night ! 

Salameh. Which it had borne? 

Rasid. Ah, yes ! Mine is indeed a marvellous pot ! 

Abdallah. And as the mother is thine, so is the child. 
Is it not a fair young pot ? 

(Salameh examines pot, and light dawns upon him.) 

Rasid. True, as the mother is mine, the child should 
be also. Yes, both pots are mine. Ye now understand 
why I was unwilling to lend. If I had said that it might 
bear a child, who would have believed me? But now 
Abdallah hath said it, and thou, Abdallah, art an honest 
man ! 

Abdallah. Thank God, I am honest ! 

(He turns to go.) 

Rasid (catching him). And, Abdallah,— I will lend to 
thee whenever thou hast need. Another time, who but 
Allah knoweth? — it may bear another child! 



l6 THE COPPER POT 

Abdallah. In truth, who knoweth— but Allah ? May 
he increase thy goods, farewell. [Exit. 

Salameh. This is indeed a wonder, O Rasid ! 
Rasid. A miracle. And, thank God, I am clever ! 



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SCENE II 

The scene is the same, three days later, about sunset. In 
the coffee-house Salameh is seated. Occasional sounds 
of wailing come from Abdallah's house. 

Enter Fat'ma and her dancers, accompanied by three 
women, Habsah, Nur and Jamaleh. 

Salameh. Welcome, ye Fat'ma! Do ye dance to- 
night ? 

Fat'ma. Aye, Abdallah's guests were generous. We 
hear he has prepared another feast 

{She is interrupted by the wailing.) 

Hedba. Listen! Is Abdallah dead? 

Fat'ma. Nay, I know not ! 

Hedba. Alas, I have danced for Abdallah 

Jamaleh. Salameh, who is dead? 

Salameh. A stranger died last night. Abdallah 
weeps as if for one of his own sons. 

Fat'ma. Abdallah is a generous man. It would be 
friendly for us to mourn with him. 

Hedba. Come then 

(She goes to Abdallah's door.) 

Salameh. It would be friendly! (hastily) and yet I 
think it would be more friendly to wait till sunset ! 
Hedba. Then will his grief be less ! 

(She enters, followed by Fat'ma and dancers.) 

Salameh. No less. And then will his vow of silence 
be accomplished and ye can comfort him ! 

Habsah. Has he vowed silence ? 

Salameh. Till sunset. When I first heard the wail- 
ing I knocked. A slave told me. (Looking off.) Lo! 
Rasid returns from his three days' journey ! 

Nur. Much may happen in three days ! 

17 



1 8 THE COPPER POT 

Salameh. Much has happened. Last night Abdallah 
borrowed the great copper pot again! He has not yet 
returned it ! 

Jamaleh. Think you that Rasid will wait till sunset? 

Habsah. He will come now — to mourn with Ab- 
dallah ! 

Rasid {off). My copper pot? Again? And he has 
not brought it back? 

(A slave cries out for mercy. Rasid enters, very 
angry. He hears the wailing at Abdallah's house 
and pauses irresolutely near the coffee-house.) 

Salameh. Welcome, O Rasid! 

Rasid. Peace to ye. Abdallah is dead? 

Salameh. Nay, a guest who came to him last night 
has died. s 

Rasid. He has taken my huge copper pot ! I will get 
it myself ! 

Salameh. Wait till sunset ! 

Rasid. I will not wait ! 

Habsah. Abdallah will see no one till sunset. He 
has a vow! 

Salameh. See, the sun is low over the desert ! 

Nur. How soft the light is at sunset! Who would 
think he could be so fierce at midday? Lo, how he 
touches with tender fingers the ripening dates! They 
hang against the tall, straight trunks like golden fruit of 
Paradise, half-hidden in the leaves ! And the cool wind 
that Allah sends with the sunset whispers " hush, hush " 
in the dry fronds, and blows the smoke of the evening 
fires across the town like a thin blue veil across the face 
of a beautiful woman ! 

Rasid. The sun is set! (The muezzin rings out, and 
Salameh immediately begins his devotions. Nur, 
Jamaleh and Habsah retiring up stage. Rasid hesitates, 
then he too turns tozvards Mecca and hurries through his 
prayers. Last to begin, he is first to end, and hurries to 
Abdallah's door. He knocks. As the others rise they 
stand watching him. At first there is no anszver, and the 
wailing breaks out anew. He knocks again, pounding 
furiously on the door. The door swings in, and Abdal- 



fHE COPPER POT !$ 

■ 

1AM Is seen standing in the arch, his clothes rent and 
awry, his beard and hair disheveled in mourning. Behind 
him ihe figures of Fat'ma and her dancers, disheveled in 
mourning, are dimly seen, sitting on the ground and rock- 
ing back and forth as they wail and " mourn/' As 
Abdallah recognises Rasid, who is in a towering rage, 
he groans and utters a despairing cry, his eyes raised to 
heaven. ) Where is my copper pot ? 

Abdallah. Alas ! 

Rasid. It has borne another little one perhaps, or two, 
or might it be by chance — three? 

Abdallah (shaking his head). Alas, alas! 

Rasid. Where is my beautiful, my marvellous pot? 
(Abdallah groans.) Give me my copper pot! 

Abdallah. Alas, alas ! Woe is me ! 

Rasid. Give me my pot ! 

Abdallah. Woe is me ! I am ashamed to look in thy 
face ! Woe is me, woe is me ! 

Rasid. Now, by Allah ! (He starts to enter; glances 
back at the watching men and steps back, getting control 
of himself. The watchers draw nearer.) Give me my 
pot! 

Abdallah. Alas, I cannot! 

Rasid. Thou hast sold it ! 

Abdallah. Will ye insult me in my grief? 

{He makes as if to close the gate, but Rasid furiously 
• throws it open.) 

Rasid. I do not insult thee ! We — we mourn with 
thee ! Give me back my copper pot ! 

Abdallah. Alas, it is dead ! 

All. Dead ! 

Rasid. That is a child's tale. A copper pot cannot 
die! 

Abdallah (broken-hearted). Nevertheless, it is dead. 

Rasid. Thou hast stolen it ! A copper pot has never 
died! 

Abdallah. It is dead. 

Rasid (turns furiously) . Let the Judge decide! 

Habsah. Lo ! he comes ! 

Salameh. Amin comes ! 



20 THE COPPER POT 

Enter Am in. 

Amin. May Allah grant ye His peace! I come to 
mourn with the afflicted ! 

Rasid. Justice, O Judge ! Justice ! 

Amin. Allah alone is just! 

Abdallah. Give righteous judgment, O Judge! 

Amin. Allah alone is righteous. 

Rasid. Wilt thou judge my cause? 

Amin. Is it seemly to quarrel with a man in his grief? 
Doest thou well to strive with Abdallah in his affliction ? 

Rasid. I do well ! 

(Amin gravely seats himself in the centre, Abdallah 
and Rasid standing a little before him at his right 
and left. The others a little back.) 

Amin. For my fee I demand two lambs, sound and 
without blemish, and a copper pot of such a size. 

SZu.AH. } Tt iS a J« St demand - 

Amin (to Rasid). Thy charge? 

Rasid. By Allah, O Judge! This man has stolen 
from me my great copper pot ! Hear me and mark the 
truth ! Salameh is my witness, that four nights ago, Ab- 
dallah came to me here in this coffee-house and begged 
to borrow my huge copper pot ! O Judge, never has there 
been such a pot as mine ! So heavy — so smooth — so red 
and shining — nay, it was more like a gold pot than like one 
of copper. 

Abdallah. It was indeed a fair pot. 

Rasid (a little taken aback). Ye hear — ye all are wit- 
nesses ! I am an honest man, I never borrow, neither do 
I lend, yet this once, to save my neighbor's honor, against 
my will, against my wisdom and my custom, O Amin, I 
lent my pot to Abdallah ! 

Abdallah. Thou hast been a kind neighbor, O 
Rasid ! 

Rasid (still more taken aback). Yes, praise Allah, I 
am a kind neighbor — I am a kindly man ! 

Abdallah. Did I not return thy fair copper pot ? 

Rasid. Aye, Abdallah returned the pot. It had a 



THE COPPER POT 2 1 

scratch on the bottom, but I am a generous man and take 
no account of trifles. Then, three days ago I went on a 
journey. 

Abdallah. But the child 

Salameh. There was something beside a scratch ! 

Amin. Peace ! We listen, O Rasid ! 

Rasid. Three days have I travelled. Now as I rode 
up to my own house, weary and thirsty, the dust of the 
desert still clinging to my beard, my slave met me at the 
door. Trembling he confessed that Abdallah had bor- 
rowed my pot in my absence and that he had not yet 
returned it. Faint from my journey, I went to Abdallah's 
house, demanding my own. Abdallah refuses to give it to 
me, saying that my pot is dead!- 

All. Dead ! A copper pot die ! Nay, this is a won- 
der! 

Amin. Peace! Can copper die ? 

Rasid. Allah knows, O Judge ! Who ever heard of a 
copper pot that died? Bid Abdallah give me back my 
copper pot ! 

Amin. Thou hast heard, O Abdallah? 

Abdallah. I have heard ! 

Amin. What hast thou to say? 

Abdallah. Nothing. Rasid has spoken truth ! 

Rasid. Ah-h ! Give me back my pot ! 

Abdallah. Have I not said that it is dead? O Judge, 
this was no common pot. It was indeed more like a pot 
of gold than like one of copper. Rasid has spoken truth, 
but he has not told all. Four days ago I borrowed his 
great pot for the first time. I used it, washed it, and not 
knowing how wonderful a thing it was, I lay down to 
sleep. At dawn, when I went to take it home, there be- 
side it lay a little new pot which it had borne in the night. 

Habsah. By Allah ! A miracle ! 

Jamaleh. This was indeed a marvellous pot ! 

Abdallah. And as the mother belonged to Rasid, 
without doubt the child did also. I returned them to him 
according to my oath. Is it not true, O Rasid ? 

Salameh. I am witness ! It is the truth ! 

Amin. Rasid? 

Rasid. It is true. 



Habsah. Abdallah is indeed an honest man\ 

Abdallah. Last night I borrowed the pot again. 1 
treated it kindly as before. Alas, this morning when I 
should have returned it to Rasid, I found — O, woe is 
me ! — it had died in the night ! 

Rasid. But a copper pot cannot die! Justice, O 
Judge ! 

Amin. This is a strange tale. It is plain thine was no 
common pot. Hast thou the child? 

Rasid. It is in my house. 

Amin. Let it be brought ! 

Rasid. I will go fetch it! 

Amin. Has Rasid none to do his errands? 

Rasid (claps his hands). Ya abed! Slave! (As the 
gate opens.) Bring the small copper pot! 

Nur. Great are the wonders of Allah ! Now who 
would dream that copper should be born of copper? 

Jam ale i-i. Yet is it more strange than that an egg 
should be born of a bird? Indeed, it is not unreasonable ! 
Now if the copper pot had borne a child of gold — why, 
that would be indeed a miracle ! 

Enter slave with the small pot. 

Amin (taking it). Is this indeed the child? 

Abdallah. By Allah, it is ! 

Amin (to Rasid). Thou dost claim this because it is 
the child of thine that is lost? 

Rasid. The owner of the mare is owner also of the 
foal! 

Amin. True. Therefore this is, without doubt, thine. 
Still, Abdallah spoke truth when he told thee of this first 
wonder. Why dost thou now doubt his word? 

Rasid. It is impossible that copper should die ! 

Amin. This is a hard question. A copper pot has 
borne a child. Abdallah claims, Rasid denies, that the pot 
has since died. Wilt thou, O Rasid, limit the power of 
Allah to one miracle ? Behold, I give judgment, and my 
judgment is true. Ye all are witnesses. This is my word. 
A copper pot that can bear a child is mortal. It can also 
die. 

All. Alhamdulillah ! Great is Amin's wisdom T The 



THE CUPPER POT 



23 



wisdom of God is better than the wisdom of men ! Whose 
mercy is as Allah's mercy? 

Rasid. Give me my little pot ! 

Amin. Nay, O Rasid ! This is my fee, this and two of 
thy fairest, finest lambs! Curse not the judgment Allah 
gives through the lips of the Judge. [Exit Rasid. 

Abdallaii. Now praised be Allah, who hath honored 
his servant and hath vindicated his name before all peo- 
ple ! To-night ye shall all be my guests, yea, every one ! 
Now by Allah ye shall all come ! For lo, Allah himself 
hath sent me a huge copper pot — a fair pot. — Allah, who 
sends me many guests, has now sent me a pot in which to 
cook their dinner. 



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Victor Lawrence, his pretended friend — a German spy. 

Harold Felton, of the United States Army. 

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CHARACTERS 

Dolores Esteban, "Lolila." Edith Merrick, a young 

Dona Ysabel, her aunt. American woman. 

Ju ana, a faithful servant. Mrs. Lester, an American 

Tonia, Juana s old friend. tourist. 

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A Comedy in One Act for Female Characters 
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Eight females. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. Plays twenty 
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her friends to a midnight " wedding supper," the material for which she 
has left under her bed. In the midst of the feast Nora returns, the bor- 
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GRANDMA GIBBS OF THE RED CROSS 

A Patriotic Comedy Drama in Four Acts 
By Walter Ben Hare 
Eight males, nine females and two children, but may be given by three 
men and seven women if necessary or desired. Scenery, all interiors; 
costumes, modern and military. Plays a full evening. Grandma Gibbs 
gives herself to the Red Cross and sends her only son to the front. Re- 
ported seriously wounded, she goes in search of him and finds him in an 
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CHARACTERS 

Grandma Gibbs, doing her bit Edna Alston, the judge s 

in the Red Cross. daughter. 

Kittie Clover, her grand- Ezra' Gibbs, Grandma s young- 
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Miss * Samanthy Snapp, a Mike Hannigan, a bad man. 

Splinterville pessimist. Happy Jim Hankins, a young 

Mrs. Wellington, a city so- farmer. 

ciety leader. Cousin Wellington, a city 

Loretta McBride, a country banker. 

lassie. DePuyster Cott, a millionaire. 

Janine, a French maid at the Doctor Dawson, in the U. S. 

Wellingtons'. Medical Corps. 

Miss Cummings, a Red Cross McGregor, a dignified butler. 

nurse. Corporal Shannon, a wounded 

Miss Boyer, her assistant. soldier. ■ 

Lizzie McBride, aged 8. Bub McBride, aged 6. 

The Baby. 
City Folks, Country Folks, Wounded Soldiers. 
SYNOPSIS 

Act I. — Grandma's home in the country. Off to war! 

Act II.— Three months later. Cousin Wellington's home in the 
city. 

Act III.— A year later. An American field hospital. "My 
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Act IV, — Two months later. Christmas day with Grandma. 

OUTWITTED 

A Comedy Dramatic Novelty 
By Harry L. Newton 
One male, one female. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. Plays 
twenty minutes. Sherman, a United States Secret Service man, encoun- 
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Very exciting and swift in movement, with an unexpected ending. Good 
work and well recommended. 

Price 25 cents 



A PLAY A MONTH 

By Alice IV. Chap/in 
Twelve twenty minute sketches for female characters, providing a 
timely and appropriate entertainment for each month in the year. Suit- 
able for church or school performance or for any other use of amateur 

theatricals. „ . „ . 

Price, jo cents 

CONTENTS 

Pickles, Bonbons, and Temper Independent Flynn (5 girls). 

(4 g> r ' s ). Home and Mother (6 girls). 

A Valentine Problem (3 girls). All for a Man (6 girls). 

Mad! Mad! (5 girls). Behind the Screen (5 girls). 

Because it Rained (4 girls). Thankful for Jack (6 girls). 

May (s girls). Merry Christmas (4 girls). 
That Boy (4 girls). 

TEN PLAYS FOR BOYS 

By George M. Baker and others 
A collection of popular plays, new and old, for boys of the school age, 
offering a wide variety of choice and providing a convenient means for 
making a selection of material for this purpose. 
Price, jo cents 

CONTENTS 
Not Wanted— A Wife (s boys). New Broom Sweeps Clean (6 boys). 

The Freedom of the Press (8 boys). A Tender Attachment (7 boys). 
The Great Elixir (9 boys). Dizzy's Dilemmas (4 boys). 

The Humors of the Strike (8 boys). Hypnotism (5 boys). 

My Uncle the Captain (6 boys). Julius Caesar in two acts (10 boys). 

THE ELF THAT STAYED BEHIND 

And Other Plays for Children 
By Madeline Poole 
Five exceptionally pretty, picturesque and actable little plays for young 
folks, all produced at various times by the author. Including one of the 
Colonial period, one of the Revolutionary and a Christmas play turning 
upon incidents of the present war in Belgium, the latter admirably suited 
for Red Cross entertainments. Strongly recommended for both literary 
and dramatic merit. 

Price, jo cents 

CONTENTS 

The Elf that Stayed Behind (1 boy, 5 The Quaker Way (3 boys, 4 girls). 

girls). The Christmas Box (3 boys, 3 girls). 

The Goblins (6 boys, 2 girls). A Puritan Prank (4 boys, 4 girls). 

A CAMP FIRE CINDERELLA 

A Camp Fire Play in One Act 
By Mrs. Arthur T. Seymour 
Six females. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern and Camp Fire. 
Plays twenty minutes. Gertrude, the younger sister, is refused member- 
ship in the Camp Fire organization by her two sisters who use her astheii 
drudge, but her efficiency and unselfishness win out for her in the end. 

Well recommended. „ . 

Price, 75 cents 



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Anita's Trial 

Art Clubs are Trumps 

Behind the Scenes 

The Camp Fire Girls 

A Case for Sherlock Holmes 

The Farmerette 

Getting the Range 

Her First Assignment 

Hltty's Service Flag 

Joint Owners In Spain 

A King's Daughter 

The Knitting Club Meets 

A Lady to Call 

Leave it to Polly 

The Minute Man 

Miss Fearless & Co. 

A Modern Cinderella 

Moth-Balls 

Rebecca's Triumph 

The Thirteenth Star 

Twelve Old Maids 

An Awkward Squad 

The BIow-Up of Algernon Blow 

The Boy Scouts 

A Close Shave 

The First National Boot 

A Half- Back's Interference 

His Father's Son 

The Man With the Nose 

On the Quiet 

The People's Money 

A Regular Rah ! Rah ! Boy 

A Regular Scream 

Schmerecase in School 

The Scoutmaster 

The Tramps' Convention 

The Turn in the Road 

Wanted— A Pitcher 

What They Did for Jenkins 

Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party 

The District School at Blueberry 

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Miss Prim's Kindergarten 
A Pageant of History 
The Revel of the Year 
Scenes in the Union Depot 
Taking the Census in Bingvllle 
The Village Post- Office 
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An Easy Mark 


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The Elopement of Ellen 


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Engaged by Wednesday 


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The Farmerette 




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For One Night Only 


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Higbee of Harvard 


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Hitty's Service Flag 




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The Hoodoo 


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The Hurdy (iurdy Girl 


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Let's Get Married 


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London Assurance 


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Lost a Chaperon 


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The Man from Brandon 


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The Man Who Went 


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Professor Pepp 


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A Regiment of Two 


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The Rivals 


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